Carouse
[kə'raʊz]
Definition
(noun.) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party.
(verb.) engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; 'They were out carousing last night'.
Edited by Daniel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A large draught of liquor.
(n.) A drinking match; a carousal.
(v. i.) To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels.
(v. t.) To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially.
Checker: Scott
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Revel, tipple, guzzle.
n. Carousal, drinking bout.
Checker: Lorenzo
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Festivity, feast, banquet, revel, debauch
ANT:Fast, starvation, maceration, abstinence
Inputed by Augustine
Definition
n. a drinking-bout: a noisy revel.—v.i. to hold a drinking-bout: to drink freely and noisily.—ns. Carous′al a carouse: a feast; Carous′er one who carouses.—adv. Carous′ingly.
Editor: Vince
Examples
- He went on to Persepolis, where, as the climax of a drunken carouse, he burnt down the great palace of the king of kings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The night after Tom's body had been carried away, he rode to the next town for a carouse, and had a high one. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- While this conversation was passing in the chamber, Legree, overcome with his carouse, had sunk to sleep in the room below. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The next Legree heard of his mother was, when, one night, as he was carousing among drunken companions, a letter was put into his hand. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Edited by Darrell